Landscape of the Four Seasons
Artist: Tensho Shubun
Year Composed: 1460
Artistic Movement: Muromachi
Nationality: Japan
Floor Found in Château: Third Floor
Year Composed: 1460
Artistic Movement: Muromachi
Nationality: Japan
Floor Found in Château: Third Floor
About the Artwork
This six-folded screen canvas painting was composed by Tensho Shubun at around 1460. The Landscape of the Four Seasons has been represented within various paintings by Japanese artists throughout the Muromachi Age of art. In this version, Shubun depicts a panoramic view of the landscape, complete will hilly terrain, mountains, a Japanese pagoda, trees, canoes, and cliff faces. Although not necessarily the four seasons of winter, spring, summer, and autumn, Shubun's Landscape of the Four Seasons showcases the multitude of natural landforms that span across the country of Japan, creating an overall-calm and serene feeling when viewing this ink wash painting.
About the Artist
Tensho Shubun was a Zen Buddhist monk of the Muromachi Age of art in Japan. As the founder of the Chinese style of suiboku ink painting (which is a style of ink wash painting that blends natural depictions with calligraphic techniques), Shubun also taught well-known painter Sesshu Toyo. Influenced by the Chinese art of Xia Gui and Ma Yuan, Shubun's technical ink paintings contain a Zen-like feeling of calmness and serenity, as seen within his Landscape of the Four Seasons (1460) and his Reading in a Bamboo Grove (1446).
About the Movement
Landscape of the Four Seasons was composed in the Muromachi Age of art. Spanning from 1333 to 1578 in Japan, Zen Buddhism played a large role in the development of the art and ink paintings of the Muromachi Period. Imported works of art and goods from China influenced the designs of Muromachi paintings as the artists worked to capture the true beauty of nature and its objects. Some of the most famous Muromachi artists included Sesshu Toyo, Tensho Shubun, and Josetsu.
Location of Original Work of Art: Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo, Japan
This six-folded screen canvas painting was composed by Tensho Shubun at around 1460. The Landscape of the Four Seasons has been represented within various paintings by Japanese artists throughout the Muromachi Age of art. In this version, Shubun depicts a panoramic view of the landscape, complete will hilly terrain, mountains, a Japanese pagoda, trees, canoes, and cliff faces. Although not necessarily the four seasons of winter, spring, summer, and autumn, Shubun's Landscape of the Four Seasons showcases the multitude of natural landforms that span across the country of Japan, creating an overall-calm and serene feeling when viewing this ink wash painting.
About the Artist
Tensho Shubun was a Zen Buddhist monk of the Muromachi Age of art in Japan. As the founder of the Chinese style of suiboku ink painting (which is a style of ink wash painting that blends natural depictions with calligraphic techniques), Shubun also taught well-known painter Sesshu Toyo. Influenced by the Chinese art of Xia Gui and Ma Yuan, Shubun's technical ink paintings contain a Zen-like feeling of calmness and serenity, as seen within his Landscape of the Four Seasons (1460) and his Reading in a Bamboo Grove (1446).
About the Movement
Landscape of the Four Seasons was composed in the Muromachi Age of art. Spanning from 1333 to 1578 in Japan, Zen Buddhism played a large role in the development of the art and ink paintings of the Muromachi Period. Imported works of art and goods from China influenced the designs of Muromachi paintings as the artists worked to capture the true beauty of nature and its objects. Some of the most famous Muromachi artists included Sesshu Toyo, Tensho Shubun, and Josetsu.
Location of Original Work of Art: Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo, Japan